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The Dorset Gardens Trust

Registered charity 1000743 Registered since 1990

Operates: Dorset

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7.3y median 11y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£22k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
14 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dorsetgardenstrust.co.uk
EmailDGTtreasurer@outlook.com
Phone07734671447
AddressWessex House, 66 High Street, Honiton, Devon, EX14 1PD

Finances

£21,709 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£9,856£14,821
2021£17,135£15,942
2022£18,380£18,186
2023£26,832£16,322
2024£21,709£14,274

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF GARDEN LAND AND TO PRESERVE, ENHANCE, CREATE AND RECREATE FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC WHATEVER GARDEN LAND MAY EXIST AT PRESENT OR MAY HAVE EXISTED IN THE PAST OR CREATE NEW GARDEN LAND IN AND AROUND THE COUNTY OF DORSET

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND MAY 1990

Trustees (9)

9trustees
78median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Dorset Gardens Trust · 02498049 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/05/1990

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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